shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas clypeata
(noun) freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
shoveler, shoveller
(noun) a worker who shovels; “a shoveler of coal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shoveler (plural shovelers)
One who, or that which, shovels.
Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.
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Source: Wiktionary
Shov"el*er, n. Etym: [Also shoveller.]
1. One who, or that which, shovels.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (S. rhynchotis), is a similar species.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
